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The Operating Asphalt Machines Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Inadequate training
- improper PPE usage
- 2. Machine operation
- Burns from hot materials
- noise exposure
- 3. Material loading
- Strains from manual lifting
- flying debris
- 4. Asphalt laying
- Slip hazards due to loose material
- high heat exposure
- 5. Compacting
- Vibration damage
- overheating machinery
- 6. Machine maintenance
- Cuts and punctures
- chemical spills
- 7. Shutdown procedure
- Unsecured equipment
- electric shock
- 8. Emergency response
- Inadequate exit routes
- panic situations
- 9. Site clean up
- Risks of cut or scrape injuries
- contact with hazardous substances
- 10. Asbestos handling
- Exposure to airborne asbestos fibres
- 11. Air monitoring
- Inhalation of dust
- inadequate safety procedures
- 12. Quality checks
- Malfunctioning equipment
- lax safety standards
- 13. Traffic control
- Accidents with moving vehicles
- inadequate signaling
- 14. Final inspection
- Falls from heights
- falling objects
- 15. Machine transport
- Traffic accidents
- load shifting
- 16. Demobilisation
- Improper storage
- spills and leaks
- 17. Safety briefing
- Ignoring safety guidelines
- failure to communicate
- 18. Site assessment
- Unnoticed hazards
- inadequate observations
- 19. Equipment usage
- Improper operation
- insufficient training
- 20. Machine set up
- Inadequate maintenance
- assembly errors